UNESCO-IHE Research Projects

Purpose

The research aims at increasing access to safe, sufficient and affordable water for people. It is trans-disciplinary, holistic and applied, and is positioned mainly within an urban and peri-urban context.

Activities

The research carried out by UNESCO-IHE aims at increasing access to safe, sufficient and affordable water for people. It is trans-disciplinary, holistic and applied, and is positioned mainly within an urban and peri-urban context, including centralised and decentralised approaches, advanced and low-cost technologies, and engineered and natural systems. Beside technical, technological and engineering aspects of WASH, UNESCO-IHE also addresses its societal, economic and institutional aspects. A current focal area is emergency sanitation (emergency kits and technology, Emergency Sanitation Operation System - eSOS©).

- Overview of research theme
- Capacity development project on sanitation, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Book on "Faecal sludge management", co-authored by staff from this institute
- PhD and MSc theses by students of this institute ( can be found in the SuSanA library)

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Image: UNESCO-IHE eSOS toilets © unesco ihe

Countries of activity

Location of main activity

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Camps (emergency or longer term) Capacity development Dutch government Emergency and reconstruction Europe & Central Asia Faecal sludge treatment processes Fundamental research and engineering Global Other funding source or unspecified Political processes and institutional aspects Technology comparisons Treatment of wastewater or greywater University, education or research institution Urban informal settlements (slums)

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